Below is a list of resources on entrepreneurship and start-ups that I’ve gathered over the last few years. Reading (every day!) is a great way to keep in touch with technology trends and what very smart people are doing with them! Not an exhaustive list but a good starting point!
Finding Companies / Roles:
* AngelList - directory of start-ups, self curated with good filtering options (stage, geography, # employees). Also has job postings and salaries for reference.
* Ventureloop – start-up job board v1.0
* Crunchbase – search on here for start-ups / VC investment and portfolio data
* Built in London - as the name suggests…
* Tech Britian – a map of hot-spots around the UK
* Start-up Genome – global list of start-ups
* Duedil London Start-ups – a comprehensive London list
* We are Made in NY - The Mayors initiative to support start-ups
* Made in NYC - list of start-ups in NYC…
* Mapped in NYC - another list of start-ups in NYC (on a map this time!)
Events:
* General Assembly - Co-working / events / education
* Google Campus – hosts events, Seedcamp and many others
* TechHub – international members co-working and events!
* Charlie O’Donnell / Brooklyn Bridge Ventures – sign up to his weekly newsletter for events
* Gary’s Guide – tailored start-up events
* Start-up Digest - another news letter
* Meetup – find others who are interested in the same thing as you and meet!
* Co-Founders Lab – create a profile, find people who match what you need or don’t have
Accelerators:
* TechStars – the early stage start-up incubator with locations all over the US and beyond
* Y-Combinator – the leading Valley incubator
* Seedcamp - Europe’s leading micro-stage investor
There are many more, with specific sector focus but Google is your friend there… The following are aggregators of events and programes for start-ups:
* f6s
Random links:
* Startup Weekend - people get together to code / design / present stuff
* Steve Blanks tools – a list of useful resources for the web
* Entrepreneurs tools – collection of useful tools for the avid entrepreneur
* London Start-ups – Facebook group for all things London related
* London Start-up Events – Another Facebook group for events postings
* London Tech Start-up Jobs – Facebook group for jobs…
* Silicon Milkroundabout - startup job fair in East London
* Venture Hack - good series of blogs by founders of AngelList
Tech News Websites
* Engadget
* Gigaom
* Mashable
* TechMeme
* Wired
* VC Cafe
* BGR
Blogs: (not listing each one, but Google comes up with)
* http://www.forbes.com/sites/joemaddalone/2012/03/16/6-venture-capital-blogs-you-should-read/
* http://techcrunch.com/2010/01/14/top-ten-vc-blogs-q409/
* http://www.invesp.com/blog-rank/venture_capital
* http://topblogs.onstartups.com/